#F9DE76#F9DE76

#F9DE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE76
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -3.43, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 53.95, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0114 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.4607, 73.6933, 27.7541)
Luminance	0.7369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE76 #7691F9

analogous

#F99D76 #F9DE76 #D2F976

triadic

#F9DE76 #76F9DE #DE76F9

tetradic

#F9DE76 #76F99D #7691F9 #F976D2

square

#F9DE76 #76F99D #7691F9 #F976D2

split-complementary

#F9DE76 #76D2F9 #9D76F9

monochromatic

#EABC0A #F6D03B #F9DE76 #FCECB1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#F9DE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE76

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE76	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee8a0',
    500: '#f9de76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de76;
$custom-light: #fee8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90213,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE76

secondary

#3E5DD5

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE76

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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